run sb/sth over
— phrasal verb with run /rʌn/ verb (present participle running, past tense ran, past participle run)Definition
B2 If a vehicle or its driver runs over someone or something, the vehicle hits and drives over them: I'm afraid we've just run a rabbit over.Accidents involving vehicles
(Definition of run sb/sth over from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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run sb out phrasal verb
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run sb ragged idiom
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run sb/sth down phrasal verb (CRITICIZE)
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run sb/sth down phrasal verb (FIND)
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run sb/sth down phrasal verb (HIT)
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run sb/sth to ground idiom
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run sth in phrasal verb
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Synonyms and related words:
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- collision noun (ACCIDENT)
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- prang noun
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